It's Time To Let Go Of Being Busy 🥺

Principle 5 is up, and it’s about how artificial busyness creates a barrier to self-care.

But, it feels so good to be busy. We are productive, valuable, wanted, needed and useful! Or, just disconnected from what matters.

I’ve come to see ‘busy’ as a catch-all, existential defense rather than a great way to conduct a life.

Getting busy happens in the sneakiest of ways. We get all kinds of messages about what an adult life is supposed to look like. Much of it is wrong and in the service of societal expectations, not ourselves.

You’ll notice I say having time as opposed to making time. That’s because one refers to a life with room to breathe, another concedes that idea. I am actively suggesting you reconsider all your time and task commitments to be certain there is room for relaxation and self-care.

Extra Credit 🤓

Perfect is the enemy of the good. I fully admit to messy struggles all the way around.

There is, however, something to be said for inefficiency: not doing everything perfectly, expending extra energy, making mistakes, trying new things—and possibly sucking at them. Sticking with something, even if you will never be as good as the person next to you. You develop flexibility and adaptability. You’re better prepared for new opportunities when there are changes in your environment.

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Diets Debunked 🤥

Gluten must be the subject with the most pseudo-science around it. It’s almost become part of the collective consciousness that we should ALL be avoiding gluten. There is no credible science to back up this assertion.

It matters if we are basing our diets on misinformation. There are serious problems with the modern diet, it has yet to be shown this is one.

If you’re consuming gluten in the form of whole grains on a regular basis, you’re less likely to be overweight and suffer from the chronic diseases caused by obesity, such as diabetes and heart disease, according to one study published in the British Medical Journal. Whole grains can even help decrease your risk of developing certain types of cancer, such as colorectal cancer and neck cancer.